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As we mark the 225th A n n i v e r s a r y o f educating young men

and women on this historic site, our entire Georgetown College community continues to be blessed in many ways. Topmost on our current list: the recent visit of the SACS (the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) team, here to evaluate us for reaffirmation of our accreditation: an intense analysis by an elite cadre of individuals from peer institutions who evaluate every aspect of what we do and how we do it. This complex study helps us to understand ourselves better and to learn how we ‘measure up’ to the standards established by our peers. The good news: we measure up well - the visiting team commented on how much our faculty and staff love this institution, and how hard they work to make it a success. The SACS evaluation is undertaken every l0 years - and I am most thankful to our amazing group of faculty and staff who worked closely with the visiting team to provide them with every bit of informa-tion/data/analysis that was requested.

We’re pleased to announce that three of our outstanding stu-dents have been named as Fulbright Scholars: Portia Watson, who will study in Thailand, and Thomas Owens and Sarah Carey, who will be in South Korea. All three are filling English Teaching Assistant roles for Fulbright. We are blessed to have them as students.

Our Graduate Education department has been awarded a five-year, $1.9 million grant for the College’s Center for Cul-turally Relevant Pedagogy (CCRP). The mission statement cites as its goal “being culturally and linguistically responsive with instruction in P-12 classrooms to improve the motivation, engagement and academic achievement of students from his-torically underserved populations.” Special thanks to Educa-tion professors Dr. Rebecca Powell, Dr. Yolanda Carter, and Dr. Angie Cox, whose passion for helping teachers learn how to empower their students resulted in this prestigious award. In addition, we have just received notification of a new $1.1 mil-lion Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) grant, which renews their support for our science education programs. This is exciting news - more information to come in the near future.

Reinforcing the important role athletics plays in the life of our College, we are proud to share two significant initiatives cur-rently underway. Our Board of Trustees recently unanimously voted for our institution to apply to become an NCAA (Nation-al Collegiate Athletics Association) Division Two (D II) mem-ber - capping a year-long evaluative process involving coaches, faculty, alumni, and students. We feel that this is the right move for us - not only for football, but for all of our athletic teams: our experiences and successes in the NAIA have positioned us for the next chapter in the story of our athletics program. We are also in the process of installing major upgrades to our foot-ball field. We are supplanting existing grass with sports turf, and the advantages are numerous. We’ll be able to showcase many more sporting and outdoor events because, unlike grass, this new turf is not negatively affected by rain: the turf absorbs water, allowing the field to remain much safer and drier during downpours. An added advantage: this new surface will enable us to relocate both men’s and women’s soccer to the new field this year, and to add women’s lacrosse to our portfolio of athletic opportunities in 2013. Scott County High School will continue

to play its home games in our stadium: they, too, are excited about our new ‘footing’. The field itself is being renamed for iHigh, Inc., reflecting the new

partnership between the College and the dynamic Lexington-based sports marketing company (which provides unique vid-eo streaming of high school and small college sporting events - on the web, nationally). iHigh will provide new technology to broadcast our games, and once again this fall you’ll be able to access GC football online - from virtually anywhere!

We are putting emphasis on making more worthwhile online op-portunities available for distance learning - within our commit-ment to providing valuable, interactive instruction and quality learning experiences. Currently, we’re marketing to gain an in-crease in enrollment in our Graduate Education online courses - a real plus for us as well as for the myriad of classroom teach-ers who are required to complete their Masters degrees within five years of earning their Bachelor’s degrees. Going forward - we are creating an online infrastructure which will enable us to offer quality online learning opportunities and expand our ‘spheres of influence’ beyond our Kentucky borders.

Our Bishop Scholars Program continues to provide students who are descendants of Bishop College alumni the opportunity to represent that institution and to be awarded legacy scholar-ships here at Georgetown, while keeping the name and heritage of Bishop College alive.

Candidly, despite our many campus-wide successes, we con-tinue to face a number of challenges that impact our ability to recruit top high school prospects, faculty, and even donors. A significant portion of our infrastructure is in need of repair - putting us at a distinct disadvantage in many ways. Simply put, many of our buildings, walkways, roofs, dorms, and classrooms need to be upgraded, the sooner the better. We have ‘broken ground’ on a new $1.7 million dollar 85-bed townhouse com-plex, very similar to our existing Rucker Village facility. The complex will feature a series of joined townhomes, each with three bedrooms and three baths, and, like Rucker Village, this new dorm is being built, at COST, by Barlow Homes, whose CEO is Jim Barlow, a Georgetown alum and Trustee.

As Georgetown’s President, I am confident in assuring you that, as a team, all of us have dedicated ourselves to Christ and our talents to nurturing our students. Building on our 225-year history, we continue to be thankful for our alumni, our friends, and the institutions recognized within this magazine, who provide financial support for our efforts to enrich the lives of students.

Blessings, Blessings,

Dr. William H. Crouch, Jr.President, Georgetown College

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7 Linking GC grads, students a labor of love

11 Lucy, Jeff Gildea seize Singapore ‘family opportunity’

12 Givers Vanzant, Carlton help GC improve, succeed

13 Welcome, New Trustees!

15 Quality Enhancement to Benefit Students, Community

16 You Need-to-Knows: GC Hall of Famers, ‘Dr. Joe’

21 Passion for human rights, Africa, puts law studies on hold

22 Very Important Visitors: John Milward, Joe Sparks, Joker Phillips

23 Classnotes

25 In Memoriam

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Act of CourageGC Alumnus Remembers Olympic Controversy

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Community AlwaysFormer VP-Enrollment StillFeels That Way

Et Tu, EstelleTeacher Hall of Fame

FulbrightsFinding the future in Asia

Education Grants Federal Education grants are culturally enriching

Diversity OutreachMaking a Differencein the Community

Big Year for AthleticsPlenty of reasons for Tiger Pride

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As chemistry professor Dr. David Fraley traces a path among the

hallways, laboratories, and classrooms of Asher Science Center, his excitement is contagious. Though he’s only offering a lightning-speed “nickel” tour of the department - a “dime” tour, he claims, would include the actual use of the high-powered scientific instruments - Fraley has put so much effort into growing the department’s resources that he can’t help but exude his love of chemistry. He points out the new bulletin board highlighting the college’s access to scholarly journals in chemistry, gestures toward a display of laundry detergents and other expressions of chemistry in the “real” world, and meanders through the hall, noting the new surfaces on the lab tables, new desks and collaborative learning classrooms, and a new research room, where students perch studying amidst piles of papers. But what gets Fraley extremely enthusiastic are the research-grade instruments he’s been involved in acquiring, albeit creatively at times, on behalf of the department.

And the growth of the department has not gone unnoticed. In September, the G e o r g e t o w n College Chemistry D e p a r t m e n t received approval from the American Chemistry Society, an impressive culmination to a process that was begun in 1998.

The ACS is a scientific society that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry, and is considered one of the leading sources of authoritative scientific information. ACS-Approval is based on such factors as the number and academic qualifications of the faculty, foundation and in-depth course and lab offerings, instrumentation, library holdings, administrative support, budgets, research opportunities, and lab space. Collectively, these factors make it difficult for smaller schools with limited funds to obtain ACS-Approval, according to Fraley. In fact, less than 25% of all colleges and universities are ACS-Approved. The College is now able to offer the prestigious ACS-Certified degree to those students who complete some additional courses and labs beyond the regular B.S. degree.

GC’s Chemistry Department has always prided itself on providing a solid chemistry education. Though students may have access to better equipment now, the bedrock of the department remains the same. Associate Professor Dr. Susan Campbell, herself a chemistry student at GC in 1981, commends the department’s constancy in “quality instruction by Christian faculty who are concerned with the education and development of their students.” She remembers that Drs. John Blackburn and Frank Wiseman, “the only two department members when I was a student, were wonderful educators and mentors and I was well-prepared to succeed once I entered graduate school. We still strive to mentor and educate as modeled by Dr. Blackburn and Dr. Wiseman, and now, current graduates will have more hands-on experience with instrumentation as they enter the workforce or graduate programs.”

P r o v o s t R o s e m a r y Allen notes, “The Chemistry Department has always been a source of pride for Georgetown College. It used to be that we were proud of how much they could do, despite how limited their resources were. Now, the department has the manpower and

the equipment to support students much more effectively - and we are proud of them for persevering in this continuous endeavor to become the best small college chemistry department in Kentucky.”

Though ACS-Approval - which was finally awarded in the fall of 2011 - is certainly impressive on its own merit, recognition by ACS is only one part of a longer journey of growth and achievement. A series of events preceding and following the ACS-Approval have drawn attention to the hard work of the faculty in recent years. Determination and ingenuity were required to expand the resources of the department. The outcome, including prestigious grant funding and substantial alumni donations, has led to what Fraley calls “synergistic” moments across the sciences at GC that are worth highlighting.

Significantly, generous donations have

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COVER STORY

GC Sciences Experiencing

Some Great Chemistry!

BY ELIZABETH D. SANDS WISE

Chemistry professors David Fraley and Meghan Knapp with GC’s new X-ray Powder Diffractometer, which allows students to determine the structure and identify of compounds.

On the Cover: The Differential Scanning Calorimeter is vital to

Chemistry professor Todd Hamilton, back left, and (clockwise from back

right) Bill Ngha, a sophomore Biology major from Charlotte, NC; Matt

Dudgeon, a junior Chemistry major from Crestwood, KY; and Megan

Ballard, a sophomore Chemistry major from Mount Sterling, KY.

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enabled the sciences to purchase research-grade instrumentation. Key donations in 1991 by three alumni, Robert Wilson, Carl Henlein, and Earl Goode, enabled the department to purchase both a Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer and an Infrared Spectrophotometer.

The Brown Foundation of Louisville provided two major grants for renovations and equipment. Dr. Fraley was fortunate to acquire three grants from the Pittsburgh Conference for electrochemical, fluorescence, and UV-Visible instrumentation. Instruments have also been donated by Toyota Motor Manufacturing, KY, Procter & Gamble, and Avantor Performance Materials (formerly Mallinckrodt Baker) of Paris, KY. Additionally, Dr. Doug Figg of the National Institute of Health has partnered with the sciences at Georgetown College to provide student research internships and has shared instrumentation by way of a loan, providing the department with an elegant Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS).

Most recently, a sizable donation by Georgetown College trustee John Ballbach (right) enabled the renovation of Asher facilities, which were over forty years old. Laboratories have been updated, as well as classroom space and the lobby. Ballbach’s generosity will also provide a super speed, refrigerated centrifuge for biochemistry in coming weeks.

Provost Allen endorses the efforts the department put forth and the rewards. “I love the new equipment - it gives students the chance to try out so many more approaches to their field. But even more, I love the human capital of our Chemistry Department - our dedicated, caring, supportive faculty who help

our students recognize and reach their potential.”

There is no doubt that these exciting developments in chemistry are making a difference on campus. Alumnus Dr. Keith Jerome, recent campus guest and Hatfield Lecturer, said he “was greatly impressed by the new instrumentation that has been added in the Chemistry department. The Chemistry faculty obviously love their work and bring a great energy to it, and this has led to some impressive successes by recent graduates.”

Consider the August 2011 award by the National Science Foundation: Drs. David Fraley, Todd Hamilton, and Meghan Knapp applied for and received an NSF grant for nearly $200,000. This award provided the department with four new high-powered, research-grade chemistry instruments: an X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, a Differential Scanning Calorimeter, a Thermogravimetric Analyzer, and an X-ray Powder

Diffractometer, all to be used in the analysis of solids. Very few schools have this quality of instrumentation.

The hiring of five new faculty since 1990 - David Fraley (1990, Analytical), Susan Campbell (1997, Biological), Todd Hamilton (2005, Physical), Meghan Knapp (2006, Inorganic), and Patrick Sheridan (2008, Organic) - has enabled the departmental course offerings to expand. These courses, combined with the acquisition of high-powered instrumentation, form an important framework on which to hang the liberal arts chemistry major experience. Training and equipping students are at the heart of the Chemistry Department’s goals. As Fraley says, “If students have exposure to them, that’s good!”

Synergistic events have not been limited to the Chemistry Department. In 2008, GC was one of a select number of colleges invited by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to apply for a prestigious grant open to undergraduate liberal arts colleges. HHMI, the “largest privately funded education initiative of its kind in the United States, is a nonprofit medical research organization that … plays a powerful role in advancing biomedical research and science education in the United States.”

Superb grant-writing by a handful of young Georgetown professors - Meghan Knapp in Chemistry, Tim Griffith in Biology, and Danny Thorne in Computer Science - paid off, and GC was awarded 1.3 million dollars over four years, the only Kentucky college chosen to receive funding. The HHMI grant has enabled the GC sciences to provide career mentoring and research opportunities for high-achieving students, as well as develop a computational laboratory, expand course options, and reach out to underserved student populations.

Charter MembersThe following charter members of Georgetown College’s Society of Healing Arts for the Sciences have given significantly and helped the science department grow in stature. To be in this “club,” a donor must give a gift of $5,000 or more at any one time.

Mr. John Ballbach ‘82

Dr. Dwight Lindsay ‘67

Dr. Daniel Miller ‘81

Dr. Barbara RafaillFormer professor and Dwight Lindsay

Biology Endowed Chair of GC

Dr. Jack Reed ‘50

Dr. J. Michael Smith ‘85

Dr. Robert Zalme ‘70

Dr. Keith Jerome ’85, second from right, who delivered the Charles Hatfield Lecture in April, reunited with for-mer Chemistry professors Frank Wiseman, left, and John Blackburn, and classmate Susan Campbell, current Chair of the Chemistry Department. At the reception in his honor, Jerome spoke to the Society for Healing Arts, including most of the current pre-healthcare students. Jerome, who was profiled in the last Insights, heads the research on HIV/AIDS at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Re-search Center in Seattle.

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What follows is a synopsis of righteous defiance played out on the international stage - with close involvement, then and now, by a Georgetown College graduate.

Forty years ago, the United States Olympic basketball team faced the Soviets in the Gold Medal championship basketball game in Munich, Germany. Our USA team Captain was Kenny Davis, a ’71 Georgetown College graduate and an NAIA All-American. Within the last 60 seconds of the storied game, none in a series of unbelievable violations by the Russian team were ‘whistled’ by the officials, resulting in the Soviets being award-ed the coveted Gold Medal. Resultantly, the American delega-tion filed protests with the International Basketball Federation and to the International Olympic Commission- but the ruling on the court stood: the Russian ‘win’ was upheld. The United States players walked off the court without accepting the sil-ver medals offered to them: those tokens of humiliation are still stored , unclaimed, in a vault in Switzerland.

In celebration of this 40-year anniversary of righteous defi-ance, Georgetown College will host a series of events in late August, honoring the courage shown in Munich by the Ameri-can team. On Thursday, August 23, the College will host a First Tee Invitational Golf Outing at the Marriott Griffin Gate Course in Lexington. The entire American ’72 basketball team has been invited to participate in this event, which will benefit George-town’s popular First Tee Scholars Program. For information on participating, or helping to sponsor this event please email Judy Rush: Jrush1114@gmail.com.

On Friday, August 24th, the public will be invited to George-town’s East Campus, where Olympic team members and oth-ers will participate in a series of FREE seminars focused on the historic impact of the l972 Games. Certainly to be discussed, the horrifying incident of international terrorism during which eleven members of the Israeli team were murdered by Palestin-ian terrorists.

According to Dr. Bill Crouch, a significant amount of credit for the reunion of this fabled team goes to Kenny Davis, who is an account executive at Converse - the founding sponsor of this anniversary celebration. Davis, who is a well-sought-after speaker on the subject of Character in Sport, has noted that he is really looking forward to having his entire team together for the first time in 40 years, and he and his team mates are hon-ored that the College has taken the lead in organizing this com-memorative event. •

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In•cred•u•lous (n.)Unwilling to admit or to accept what is offered as true.

Act of CourageKenny Davis ‘71 recalls

Olympic controversy

Former Georgetown College All-American Kenny Davis, right, captain of the ’72 USA Olympic Basketball squad, and GC Executive Scholar-in-Residence Billy Reed have collaborated on a reunion of those Olympians who lost arguably “the most controversial basketball game ever played.”

For additional information, please visit CourageinMunich.com

I graduated from Georgetown in 1994 with dual English and Communication Arts majors. At the time, I was editor of The Georgetonian and saw my career on a public relations track. I never would have envi-sioned a career in recruiting for staffing firms. In fact, I didn’t even know the in-dustry existed when, in 1998, I answered a job advertisement for a “Career Coun-selor.” Little did I know “Career Coun-selor” is a kinder, gentler variation of “Headhunter.” I am very certain I would never have responded to a job advertise-ment for a headhunter.

After graduating from Ohio State Uni-versity in 1995 with an MA in journalism, I spent three years in city government public relations while my husband Mi-chael (a ’95 GC grad) attended Baylor University. When he graduated in 1998, we moved to Houston, where I inter-viewed for the dubious “Career Coun-selor” position. It sounded challenging, interesting, and different from anything I had done. I recruited IT profession-als during the dot-com boom and bust. Through the market ups and downs, I enjoyed helping companies and people find each other.

Early clues to my calling trace back to my days at Georgetown College. Dr. Rosemary Allen helped me with my first resumes and cover letters, used to apply for internships and summer jobs. Dr. Al-len advised me to add a closing sentence to my cover letters I still use to this day when helping friends: “I would appreci-ate the opportunity to meet with you in

person to more specifically discuss what I might do for your company.” Another clue was the chapter development pro-gram at Phi Mu on job search strategies. The speaker advised addressing a cover letter to the person to whom the position reported instead of “Dear Sir,” or “To Whom It May Concern.” She also recom-mended taking personalization a step further by hand-writing the recipient’s name on the envelope to increase likeli-hood of a response. These techniques re-ally work!

As a headhunter, I still use my writing and marketing skills; except now, instead of telling stories about news and events, I tell stories about people and compa-nies. I interview hiring managers, asking what type of person they need to hire and learning as much as I can about the com-pany’s culture and selling points. Then, I look for potential candidates who match those skills, interview them and relate their stories to the hiring manager.

Recruiting has evolved significantly since the late 90s. When I first started re-cruiting, we sent resumes to clients via fax instead of email. Classified ads from the Sunday paper ruled and online job boards were the “new thing.” I made lots of cold calls to build my network of cli-ents and candidates.

Today, my prospecting calls are a lot warmer, since I use social media tools to connect with potential candidates in such niche skill sets as sales, marketing, opera-tions and technology. One of my primary tools for connecting with people is Linke-dIn, a social network I have used every day since I joined in 2006.

What is LinkedIn, and how does it work?

LinkedIn is the world’s largest social network for professionals, with 150+ million members worldwide as of Febru-ary 2012. On LinkedIn, you build your professional network by connecting

with people you know. These are called “Connections.” Once you connect with a person, you can see who she knows, and who that person knows, etc. The premise behind the site is “six degrees of separa-tion.” You can use LinkedIn to build your professional brand, enhance professional relationships and keep up to date on in-dustry news in your field. You can even use LinkedIn to reconnect with alumni and friends from Georgetown College.

About five years ago, LinkedIn rolled out a new feature called “Groups” where members can join to network around a particular industry, organization or affili-ation. Anyone can start a LinkedIn group. In April 2008, I created the first LinkedIn Group for alumni of Georgetown Col-lege. The purpose of the group is to pro-mote networking opportunities to cur-rent students, graduates and friends of the college, and it is co-administered by staff of the Graves Center for Calling & Career at Georgetown College.

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Catherine Jones Reynolds CPC CTS (’94) is principal of OnBoard Recruitment Advisers, an executive search firm specializing in technology, big data and analytics. Passionate about her GC Experience and helping business-minded alumni stay connected, she created the LinkedIn page that the College’s Graves Center for Calling & Career uses. Catherine and husband Michael (’95) reside in Marion, Ohio, where he serves as a pastor. They have two children Lauren, age 14; and Craig, age 7.

Linking GC grads andstudents:a labor of

loveBY CATHERINE REYNOLDS

Find us online at:www.linkedin.com/groups/Georgetown-College-Alumni-Career-Network-108174

Attn: Job SeekersIf you are unemployed, do something every day to advance your job search. It’s not enough to apply to a few online job postings and expect the interview requests to come pouring in.

For Catherine’s 10 job search pointers, go to www.onboard.jobs, or to the GC Career Center’s LinkedIn site. Here’s an example:

Get started right away. Some job seekers decide to “take a few months off before looking,” only to find the opportunities aren’t available on their timelines. You will have more options if you start your search right away. If the perfect position comes along sooner than you were expecting, you can al-ways postpone your start date by two weeks.

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ABOVE: Garvel Kindrick, right, Presi-dent of the Georgetown/Scott County Chamber of Commerce, and chamber executive director Jack Conner awarding the Citizen of the Year Award recently to Christy Hockensmith Pankey ‘98, who served as chamber president two terms. BELOW: Garvel and Kimberley Kindrick ’87 with daughters Jessica, left, a rising Scott County High junior, and Kirsten, a Scott County Middle 7th-grader-to-be. Jessica is a member of the 2012 National Champion SCHS Dance Team; Kirsten, on the SCMS Dance Team, plays Oboe in the band and takes piano from Shirley Tilford. Kimberley is retired from the Ken-tucky Retirement System.

Community Always!Former VP-Enrollment Has FeltThat Way Since His GC Days

One of the highlights of my career at Georgetown College occurred in January of 2010, as I delivered the annual Found-ers’ Day address. The topic Dr. Crouch gave me when he invited me to speak was “the value of a Georgetown College education.” From my GC graduation in 1985 until September 2011, I had been selling that value as part of the College’s admissions and enrollment efforts. I had worked with over 9,000 incoming fresh-men and their families, and the message I had for Founders’ Day was fairly similar to the one I had been sharing with them for years.

Now, “value” means different things to different people. Some tie value strictly to money, others to other things. But when it comes to determining value, while many may ask “what” or “how much,” I often ask “why.” So my first question was: Why did I choose Georgetown?

When I arrived in 1981, there was no LRC, no Wilson Fine Arts Building, no Bush Center for Fitness, no East Campus, and no Grille on the lower level of the Student Center. There had been no reno-vations to Montgomery Cafe, Pawling Hall, Highbaugh Hall or Alumni Gym. Of course, I did not come to Georgetown for facilities, but rather for people and philosophies. Sure, programs and curri-cula were part of the mix, but it was and is the people - the professors, coaches, staff, and fellow classmates - that gave value to the Georgetown experience. It is a core of people committed to the mis-sion of Christian higher education.

As I prepared for that Founders’ Day Address, I asked several people what

they thought was valuable about GC. Many of them said the same thing: “com-munity.” We even place community at the front of our vision statement: An in-novative community of scholars devel-oping ethical scholars committed to our heritage of Christian discernment.

While Georgetown is a community of caring, one of its strengths is that it is a community of challenge, particularly ac-ademically. That was a huge draw for me as a prospective student and continues to be for students today. As an alum, I’m proud to say that over the past 25+ years, I have seen that academic rigor increase dramatically.

Another important factor was size, or rather the byproduct of GC’s size: oppor-tunity. Yes, small classes where you could not hide from a Dr. Chi question were important. But the small size, alongside the numerous extracurricular groups and organizations, gave me an oppor-tunity to work with others and begin to formulate my abilities as a leader. For me, this would not have happened at a larger school.

And there is a third component - the Christian nature of the college - that in es-sence frames all the other parts. It helps us see not only what to do, but how to do it.

No, Georgetown College is not a per-fect place. We all make mistakes. We sin, but we also can be forgiven. We are to “console, understand and love” as St. Francis said in his prayer. We are shown that we are to love our neighbor as our-selves. One of the most valuable things I have witnessed daily at GC is the sup-port from the community to rejoice with

those who rejoice and to weep with those who weep.

I’ll be the first to admit, there are other schools with great academics, extracur-ricular and leadership activities, and some have a Christian base. But I would argue that there is not one of our compet-itors that has all three of these at the level

BY GARVEL KINDRICK ‘85

On August 15-17, Georgetown/Scott County will host a meeting of the Lead-ership Kentucky class of 2012. Their focus will be “Education and Global Issues.” As President of the Chamber, Garvel Kindrick ’85 (Leadership KY ’04) will bring 53 leaders from across the state to the Georgetown commu-

nity and the campus. Sessions on primary and second-

ary education will be held Thursday morning, August 16, at Elkhorn Cross-ing School. That afternoon, the group moves to the Thomas and King Lead-ership and Conference Center on East Campus for sessions on the Common-

wealth’s Post-Secondary Education system. Later that evening, GC Presi-dent Bill Crouch will host the group during a formal dinner in the LRC on main campus.

Friday’s sessions on Global Issues will take place at Toyota Motor Manu-facturing.

Always Thinking ‘Town-n-Gown’

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Estelle Park Bayer ’69 was just as thrilled that Latin – the oft overlooked root of Romance languages – shared the spotlight at the state capitol in Frankfort in February when she became the first Georgetown College graduate to be in-ducted into the Gov. Louie B. Nunn Ken-tucky Teacher Hall of Fame.

Seeing a bronze relief of herself (which will be displayed in a museum at West-ern Kentucky University) was a bit of a shock, though. “You don’t ever expect to see yourself in bronze,” laughed the recently retired Madison Central High School Latin teacher.

Estelle is quick to say the basis for this honor can be traced back to her coming to Georgetown and having the late profes-sor Ruth Longacre, who was known for producing more teachers of Latin than any other college or university teacher during the Sixties and Seventies.

“For me the study of Latin made me into a student,” she said. “Yes, it was the discipline, but learning it just makes you more confident in yourself and turns the student into a thinker.”

Years after one of her best friends, Kathy Meredith Spalding ’68 steered her toward St. Louis for her first teaching job, Estelle returned home and co-chaired the Kentucky Junior Classical League for four years as well as one of the 23 nation-al JCL conventions she attended. Among her awards: Ashland Oil Golden Apple Achiever Award (twice), the 2000 Ameri-can Classical League Merita Award, Ken-tucky World Language Lifetime Achieve-ment Award (’08), and the University of Chicago Outstanding Educator Award (’10).

But, she’s prouder that her students twice won the Kentucky Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages trophy for Latin and the fact she introduced many of her students to advanced placement classes. She taught two Latin “super grammar” classes after school “so that some really bright kids could get ahead.”

And, in part to make sure Latin – the “dead language” to some – isn’t phased out she continues to do some short-term projects with gifted-and-talented stu-

dents from Madison Middle School with the help of some from Madison Central where her daughter (Laura Dedic) is vice principal. “I’d really like to do it for the other kids sometime because their own language is a real mystery to them,” Es-telle said. “Latin opens up English for them.”

She often thinks back to the influence her GC Latin instructor had on her and likes to think she is paying that forward. Estelle said, “To know that I have helped some students be better in their chosen fields and pushed them to be better peo-ple makes me feel good.”

Estelle also remembers loving her Eng-lish classes, especially those taught by

professors Coleman Arnold and both Gwen and Ralph Curry.

Estelle said her only “claim to fame” in college was working on The Georgeton-ian for three years, including one year as Assistant Editor. She’ll never forget the campus newspaper got in trouble for an article editor Bill Farmer ran about a New York Times story on the new accept-ability of profanity in print.

“Magistra Bayer” will find it hard to turn down the schools in Richmond for special Latin projects, but she intends to spend most of her time in retirement with her husband (Ben, a retired bursar at Eastern Kentucky University), their grandchildren and her father. •

Et Tu, Estelle! Bayer Inducted into KY Teacher Hall of Fame

Magistra Bayer and Madison Middle 8th-graders Payton Templeton, left, and Ayla Deck don their tunicas before a classroom “Roman feast” this spring.

Approval by the American Chemical Society is a worthy accomplishment for the Georgetown College Chemistry Department, representing a culmination of hard work by current faculty who oversaw the process and the legacy of earlier faculty who taught students with compassion and integrity. It signifies the continual progress of a department - and of all the sciences at Georgetown - committed to the improvement of students’ education and lifelong vocation

as learners. As Provost Allen says, “Chemistry

is one of the bedrock disciplines for any college that takes its academic reputation seriously. A strong Chemistry department helps support every science major, and success among science majors helps prove the academic merit of the institution, thus increasing the value of a Georgetown College degree for everyone.” •

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BY JIM DURHAM

Three of the seniors who walked at Commencement May 19 had a very special designation that has become associated with Georgetown College – Fulbright Fellow. All from small-town Kentucky, these extraordinary students now have the tre-mendous opportunity to represent both their college and their nation as they spend the next school year as English teaching assistants in Asia. Sarah Carey of Mackville and Thomas Ow-ens from Lancaster will both teach in South Korea, while Portia Watson of Mt. Washington will be in Thailand.

As campus advisor for the Fulbright Program, Dr. Allen is particularly proud that three of our students have been named Fulbrights for the third time in six years. The first time (2007), Georgetown College was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education because it had produced three Fulbright scholars—which placed us among the top liberal arts colleges in the na-tion for success in this prestigious competition. Repeating this accomplishment further confirms Georgetown as a college with a commitment to national standards of excellence.

Twenty-six GC students have been selected as Fulbright Fel-lows since 1990. And, this year, all three GC Fulbrights have already had at least a taste of life abroad.

Sarah Carey

Sarah, a Religion minor, has traveled in Egypt and Israel. After her Fulbright year, this English major plans to pursue a Masters in English.

Dr. Allen remarked, “Sarah Carey will have completed her teacher certification program before she leaves for South Korea, bringing with her the depth of experience that comes from be-ing trained in our wonderful Georgetown College Education program. I see this Fulbright experience as merely the next step in what will be a long career of teaching and learning, since she has a clearly ongoing commitment to excellence in both.”

Thomas Owens

Thomas studied abroad in Czech Republic and worked two summer stints at an orphanage in Garca, Brazil through GC’s Campus Ministries. He also helped rebuild a school and plant gardens for a Latino community in New Orleans during an al-ternative Spring Break. A Chemistry major/Biology minor, he plans to attend medical school after his Fulbright year.

Said Dr. Allen: “Thomas Owens is an extraordinarily dynam-ic young man—South Korea should be able to feel the energy he will bring from a half a world away.”

Thomas is also one of the most involved students GC has ever had: Songfest Chair (2009), President of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity (2009-11); and currently, president of Alpha Lambda Delta, vice president of the Senior Class, participant in Harper Gatton Leadership Program, and co-captain of the Step Team.

Portia Watson

Like Thomas Owens, one is likely to see her leading campus tours. She has also worked in the Garca, Brazil orphanage. If you have received a GC Phone-a-Thon call, her voice may have been one you’ve heard. An English and Cultural Studies double major, she spent a fall semester 2010 studying English Litera-ture and Drama, and Art/Art History at Kingston University in London, England.

Said Dr. Allen: “Portia has a genuine commitment to social service. She has been active in the Georgetown College initia-tives to oppose human trafficking, and her project in Thailand will include efforts in that area. She will be a force for change in the world.”

Portia recently began volunteering at the Kentucky Refugee Ministry as an ESL tutor. After her Fulbright year, she will seek a graduate program in cultural anthropology, social justice/so-cial change or international development – or a combination. •

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The world will be brighter with 3 more

GC FulbrightsBY JIM DURHAM

From left: Sarah Carey, Portia Watson, Thomas Owens.

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Lucy Wiley Gildea ’94 and husband Jer-ry Gildea ’95 experi-enced both success and personal growth at Georgetown Col-lege. One of the in-augural President’s Ambassadors, Lucy

would graduate summa cum laude in Bi-ology and receive the Outstanding Senior Award. Jerry, as a sophomore free safety in ‘91, made the interception with under two minutes to play that allowed the Tigers to run out the clock for their first NAIA football title.

The ever-confident Lucy made all A’s except for a lone B – Tennis, which was taught by (then) GC assistant football coach Bill Cronin. While Jerry did not finish second in his class, he is quick to point out that he did get an A in Tennis!

To no surprise for anyone who knows Lucy, Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble has bigger plans for her. She’s been given the challenge of establishing R&D capa-bility at a new site – Singapore, Malaysia. “I’ll be involved in developing research innovation strategy for skin care in Asia,” explained Lucy, who has a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and is currently a Section Head Manager in the Beauty Organization at P&G.

Jerry said that professionally the move will be a little tougher for him since he has been with Map Your Show since its inception a little over six years ago. MYS sells event management software to organizers of trade shows. Jerry is cur-rently VP of Sales and while his role will be changing, he’s excited about the op-portunity to grow MYS internationally and allowing Lucy to seize this great ca-reer opportunity. “She’s an amazing per-son with so much energy. She has made many sacrifices and has worked very hard to get where she is today. She truly deserves this assignment.” he said.

But, the couple agreed that foremost this move is an opportunity-of-a-lifetime “gift” for their four sons – Jack, 13; Sean, 10; Louie, 6; and Ty, 3. “While Cincinnati is a wonderful place to raise a family, our kids are going to experience another cul-

ture and this is going to grow them tre-mendously,” said Lucy.

To make all this work, Lucy points to budgeting time wisely, being well-orga-nized and having a husband who also knows how to perform a delicate balanc-ing act. “Jerry also recognizes the value we place on both our family and our ca-reers,” she said.

Something she’s learned that’s also great advice for future young mothers who want a career: “Be patient and un-derstand that things don’t always go the way you plan each day. You have to learn how to be agile and remain focused in all the organized chaos! ”

She added, “Fortunately, I chose a pro-fession that I truly love. I’ve figured out what works for me, what my limits are, and what I need in my life to keep me motivated. And, I’m agile which is ex-tremely critical given all of these respon-sibilities.”

Being physically agile and fit is just as important to this certified Spinning and Pilates instructor. She works out six days a week and teaches studio cycling spin-ning twice a week at a YMCA.

Lucy Gildea gives a lot of credit to her GC Experience for the way their lives are shaping up. “At Georgetown we got a great core foundation to develop those intangible leadership skills,” said Lucy,

who also was active in Sigma Kappa.Jerry Gildea says (then) head coach

Kevin Donley and assistants Cronin and Ernie Horning were his major influences. On the academic side, he loved the small class environment led by teachers who really seem to care about their students. “There is something to be said for hav-ing a professor that knows your name,” he said. Jerry fondly recalls professors Jim Heizer (History) and Bob McMurray (Business).

Lucy cites getting close to faculty as a major plus of attending Georgetown. “I took advantage of doing student work in the Biology lab for (Dr.) Charlie Boehms,” said Lucy, who expanded her experience to two summers of meaningful work as an intern at the University of Cincinnati Anatomy Department and a year as a research technician in the University of Kentucky Department of Pharmacology.

After getting her doctorate at UC, Lucy taught Gross Anatomy and Microbiology at the College of Mount St. Joseph and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Childrens Hospital Medical Center en route to becoming a scientist with P&G.

As Lucy and her family prepare to re-locate halfway around the world in July, she said, “I am excited about the life ex-periences that lie ahead for both me and my family.” •

GC Grads Still ‘Growing’ Gildea family experiences another culture thanks to P&G opportunity in Singapore

BY JIM DURHAM

Great Moment In Tiger Football History

Sophomore defensive back Jerry Gildea remembers December 11, 1991 like it was yesterday: GC hosting Pacific Lutheran on old Hinton Field for the NAIA football championship:

It was a cold day and a muddy field, probably the muddiest game in the history of G’town football. We were playing on the ROCK and holding onto a 28-20

lead over Pac Lutheran. Our offense had just fumbled the ball back to the Lutes and they were driving late in the 4th quarter hoping to tie the game. They had the ball on our side of the 50. Their QB dropped back to pass and tried to throw the ball deep down the sideline to my half of the field. Jason Slone was playing corner and had great coverage on the play which allowed me to take a more aggressive path to the ball. I jumped in front of their receiver to intercept the ball with about 1:40 left on the clock. The offense ran out the clock to provide GC with its first national title. What a great day to be a Tiger!

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President’s Club member Kris Vanzant ’97 and Georgetown College Chief De-velopment Officer Roy Lowdenback ’05 are so in sync that it’s paying huge divi-dends for their alma mater.

Vanzant has been a regular contribu-tor to the College in recent years because Lowdenback had just the right approach with this Lambda Chi brother. One of the “asks” that really resonated was for $10,000 to have a nameplate on one of the new Rucker Village townhouses.

“Roy brought up that this was a good place to put your name,” said Vanz-ant, who’s done quite well in mortgage lending. He and fraternity brother Alex Davenport ’98 started Frontier Lend-ing in 2001 and sold it seven years later. Vanzant then joined Stockton Mortgage as one of five loan officers and opened their Lexington office. Stockton now has 27 officers and additional locations in Georgetown, Richmond, Lebanon and Frankfort.

Lowdenback is certainly appreciative to have a young donor he can count on, but it’s the “3 T’s” he most values from Vanzant – Time, Talent and Treasure. For the young fundraiser, Vanzant is free with his time and his vast knowledge about the world of finance (talent). The treasure comes in the form of passing along the names of alumni he knows have a love for GC. “Kris is always put-ting me on to potential donors who want to be involved,” Lowdenback said.

“During my time at the school, I could tell people who had a passion for George-town College,” Vanzant said. “Roy has

that passion, too - and he’s not afraid to sit down with anybody.” He called Lowdenback a “blessing” for the College. Vanzant added, “I enjoy living vicarious-ly through Roy’s successes.”

Vanzant is excited about serving on the new Alumni Advisory Board. He’s one of 20 young alumni who are successful in their fields and helping their alma mater move forward. The Development officers listened to the advisors for the first time at a two-hour conversation in March.

“There was so much energy in that room, I could have talked for six hours,” said Vanzant, who can’t wait for the next meeting. “I love problem-solving.”

One problem he hopes the advisory board weighs in on is the high cost of education. “The everyday student is so in debt now,” he lamented.

In his own small way, Vanzant hopes he can give more opportunities in real estate and finance to promising GC stu-dents and mentor them as they enter the workforce. “I’d like to start a program with the Business Department and iden-tify a sharp junior for an internship their senior year,” he said. He envisions one student every year becoming licensed by graduation and coming aboard Stockton as a loan officer.

Students need to realize, he said, “that relationships you develop at GC are what really serve you well later in central Ken-tucky.” He figures that one of five homes he closes on for Stockton Mortgage is thanks to Georgetown relationships.

Many of these relationships spring from family members who graduated from GC. Kris was followed by brother Jeff Vanzant ’99 and his sister Leah Vanz-ant Warder ’01.

Kris gives a special shout-out to Mu-sic professor Pete LaRue, the director of GC’s Summer Camps for whom he worked. “Dr. Pete has always been there for me and my brother,” Vanzant said of GC’s band director for whom Jeff played. LaRue was also Lambda Chi advisor dur-ing their fraternity years. On the academ-ic side, Kris said, Business professor Zahi Haddad “was always encouraging me.”

After college, Kris met and later mar-ried Molly Housekeeper ’99, a Kappa Delta and sister of former GC football star and current assistant football coach Shan Housekeeper ’03. Good friends Jamie and Lauren (Crawford) Branden-burg, both ’99, were responsible for set-ting Kris and Molly up on blind date.

GC…it’s all about relationships! •

Vanzant enjoys playing a part in GC successesBY JIM DURHAM

Kris and Molly Vanzant with Kate (4), Jackson (7), Avery (5). They are ex-pecting a fourth child in June.

(Shaun Ring Photography)

Larry Carlton – yes, the same “Friend of the Col-lege” who liked the sound of an orchestra so much at Georgetown that he donat-ed that start-up funding a year and a half ago – has made another very specific, meaningful gift. Once again taking smart advantage of his company’s gift-matching program, Carlton has donated the money to honor his parents on the name plate of the com-munity room for GC’s second new town-house-style residence hall in as many years. He says his parents – Dick Carlton

’50, VP of Development and Director of Planned Giving for nearly 10 years at Georgetown, and Mary, who attended GC – are as active as ever and doing well.

“They are humble people and the ‘rich-est people’ I know, as I have seen the influence of their lives on the lives of many,” said Larry Carlton, Senior Vice President/Revenue Management for Community Health Systems of Franklin, TN. “Although I cannot speak for my parents, I believe they would feel having the name of the Community Room reflect their name, and/or family name, is a me-morial to the fact they have been seen

and acknowledged by others for all the wonderful things they have done for oth-ers – whether it be through their involve-ment with GC or on a personal note.”

Stressing that he feels truly blessed, Carlton added that he hopes this gesture gives others “pause to consider giving back to this world some of what they have taken. Because GC may not have the access to capital as larger institutions, in ‘giving back’ to GC, one can truly see the direct impact on people’s lives and know that perhaps in some small way,

Carlton Community Room naming honors special parents

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We are pleased to congratulate our Board Chair – Earl A. Goode, GC Class of ‘62 – on his being the recipient of a very distinct honor, and to welcome four outstanding new members to our Board of Trustees.

Mr. Goode recently received Indiana’s 2012 Tribute Award at a gala event staged in his honor in Indianapolis. The award, given annually, salutes the state’s greatest am-bassadors who embody the Hoosier spirit.

Goode, whose business career culminated in his being President of several of GTE’s largest divisions, concurrent-ly served as Chairman of the Indiana Sports Corporation, where he was instrumental in recruiting both the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) headquarters and the 2005 Solheim Cup to Indiana.

He turned his focus to public service in 2005, and the next year, was named Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ Chief of Staff, a position he holds today.

Our new chairman and his wife, Vickie Ritter Goode, Class of ’62, live in Indianapolis. The Goodes are parents of an adult daughter.

Four outstanding new members were officially elected to our Board of Trustees in late April. Pictured below, they are:

Dr. Greg Barr, a l986 GC grad who earned both his Mas-ter of Divinity and PhD degrees from Southern Seminary in Louisville. After serving churches beyond the Bluegrass state, he has returned home where he is now senior pas-tor of St. Matthews Baptist Church in Louisville. He is ac-tively involved in Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and has worked with the Academy of Preachers as an evaluator on the national level. Among other ministries, Greg developed and led an initiative to provide a copy of The Purpose Driven Life to every prison inmate in South Carolina and Arkansas. He and his wife, Jackie, live in Louisville.

G.J. Hart is President, Chief Executive and Executive Chairman of California Pizza Kitchen. For the past de-cade, he had been CEO of the Louisville-based Texas Road House group; under his leadership, the Company grew its annual revenues from $63 million to more than $1 billion. G.J. serves on numerous Louisville area boards, including Kosair Children’s Hospital and the Louisville Metro Po-lice Foundation. Residents of Louisville, G.J. and his wife, Heather, have 4 children.

Bob Heib a l961 alumnus of Georgetown College, has been owner of Heib Concrete Products in Shelbyville. He is President of America Mutual Fire Insurance of Kentucky; a former director of River City Housing in Louisville; and is a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. Bob is actively involved in his church, Crescent Hill Baptist in Louisville, where he serves as co-chair of the building and grounds committee. He and his wife, Roxann, live in Shelbyville; they have an adult son.

Howard Ensor, a l991 GC grad, is the son of former board chair Franklin Ensor. Howard is GM of All-State Ford Trucks in Louisville, and is a volunteer coach for elementa-ry football and lacrosse. He and his wife Whitney (a physi-cal therapist) live in Louisville with their two children. The Ensors are members of Highview Baptist Church. •

Introducing Our New Board Chair and 4 Trustees!

In his first public act as the new Chairman of the Board of Trust-ees, Earl Goode ‘62, right, gave Words of Appreciation to John A. Williams ‘66, second from left, at the dedication of the Ruby Room in the Peyton Thurman Meetinghouse. Williams, retired CEO of a regional pharmecutical company, presented to Goode the final installment of the $60,000 pledge. The comfortable and popular lounge is part of the Graves Center for Calling & Career and is named to honor William’s first wife, Ruby. Also pictured are their daughter Kathy and her husband Bruce Owens, an assistant football coach at the college, along with Dr. Dwight A. Moody ‘72, former dean of the chapel at the college and, before that, pastor to John and Ruby Williams in Owensboro.

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one can make a difference.”The first soil recently was turned marking the beginning of con-

struction of this new $1.7 million, 85-bed facility that will be lo-cated on Military Street between College and Jackson Streets. It is hoped the new residence for students will be ready for occupancy in the fall.

The design primarily duplicates Rucker Village which opened in 2011 on Dudley Avenue adjacent to Mills Residence Park. The exterior will be brick and the structure will feature a series of joined townhouses, each with three bedrooms and three full baths. The project is managed by Barlow Homes which also built Rucker. CEO is Jim Barlow, a GC alumnus and current trustee fellow.

If you would like for your name – or the name of a loved one – to live on in the form of a handsome plate on the front door of a townhouse or other naming opportunites in the new complex, please contact Roy Lowdenback at 502-863-8044 or e-mail him at roy_lowdenback@georgetowncollege.edu. •

Dr. Greg Barr G.J. Hart Bob Heib Howard Ensor

Education majors at GC now have the opportunity to spend a semester study-ing in Brazil with the majority of their expenses covered by a federal grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education. This study abroad program, “Diversity: Meeting the Cultural Demands of Education in the 21st Century,” is offered in collaboration with Ashland University and Brigham Young University.

Two rising GC juniors will be the first to go to Brazil. They are Jonathan Balmer, a History & English major (certifying in Education) from Mason, OH, and Shelby Riddell, an Art Education major from Georgetown. Both took classes in Portu-guese this semester. They will leave July 23 and return December 15, 2012.

Two Brazilian students just completed a semester at Georgetown: Leticia Cedro, who taught Portuguese here while tak-ing classes herself, and Felipe Lima, who

helped plan several international events.Project director Alison Jackson-Wood

said, “I’m very excited that education ma-jors at Georgetown have a study-abroad program designed to immerse them in every aspect of living cross-culturally as they study with Brazilian students.”

Dr. Jackson-Wood, an assistant profes-sor of education at Georgetown College, added, “One major benefit to students is

that the grant pays for the bulk of the stu-dents’ expenses, including airfare, living accommodations, language study and materials. This is a unique opportunity for education students attending George-town College.” Dr. Andrea Peach, an as-sociate professor of education at George-town College, will provide support for the project as a technological consultant.

The consortium between the U.S. and Brazilian institutions will provide op-portunities for student exchange in up-coming years. The two Brazilian partner institutions are Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), located in Florianoplis, and Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janerio (UFRRJ), located outside of Rio de Janerio. One goal of the project is to prepare globally aware and cross-culturally responsive educators. It is underway now and will end July 31, 2014. •

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Receiving a call from Kentucky’s senior Sena-tor Mitch McConnell with word of approval of a major federal grant is sure to brighten any educator’s day. Such was the case for Dr. Re-becca Powell (pictured above), George-town College Professor and Marjorie Bauer Stafford Professor of Education, who received confirmation in April that the College’s education department had been chosen for a nearly $1.9 mil-lion grant over the next five years for its Center of Culturally Relevant Peda-gogy (CCRP) established and funded by a federal grant in 2007. This grant is an extension of that. Its focus is to offer pro-fessional development to teachers and administrators in local schools. There’s also a component to train GC Education faculty in best practices in working with English language learners. The grant to Georgetown is the only one awarded for 2012 in Kentucky and one of relatively few awarded nationally.

Over the next five years, the CCRP will be working with schools in four local school districts: Bourbon County, Fay-ette County, Paris Independent and Scott

County. According to Dr. Powell, profes-sional development and on-site coaching will be provided in classrooms for imple-menting best instructional practices for English Language Learners and other students from underserved populations, e.g. students of color and students of poverty.

“Historically, schools have not been particularly successful in serving ELLs and students from marginalized popula-tions,” Dr. Powell said. “I’m excited that we now have the funding to better pre-pare current and future teachers to work with these students and their families.”

What is called Culturally Respon-sive Instruction Observation Protocol (CRIOP) will be used. It is a compre-hensive model to observe and critique classroom instruction as well as guide the professional growth of teachers. Teacher self-assessments and pre- and post-observations in classrooms indicate that the model has potential for assisting teachers in their growth as multicultural educators, Dr. Powell says. For more on the CRIOP model, read Literacy for All Students: An Instructional Framework for Closing the Gap, edited by Rebecca Powell and Elizabeth Rightmyer (Rout-ledge, 2011).

Faculty from five different institutions of higher learning in the Commonwealth collaborated in the development of the CRIOP model, which draws from the re-search base on culturally relevant peda-gogy. In addition to its use as a frame-work for professional development, the CRIOP has been used in a statewide research project directed by the Collab-orative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD) at the University of Kentucky to evaluate the use of culturally responsive literacy practices in primary classrooms. UK’s CCLD will serve as the outside eval-uator on the success of the CRIOP model which Dr. Powell hopes will “show the validity of the CRIOP instrument and show that the model is effective.”

Dr. Powell has been on the faculty of Georgetown College since 1993. She served as dean of Georgetown’s Educa-tion Department from 2005-2009 and directed efforts leading to NCATE (Na-tional Council for Accreditation of Teach-er Education) acceptance. NCATE is a council of educators created to ensure and raise the quality of preparation for their profession and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as an ac-crediting institution. •

Education Department receives five-year, $1.9 million grant

Returning the ‘Flavor’GC Education Students Enjoy Unique Opportunity for Study in Brazil

Left to right: Dr. Alison Jackson-Wood, Jonathan Balmer, Shelby Riddell, Felipe Lima and Leticia Cedro.

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Plans are in the works so that, begin-ning in the Fall 2012, GC students will be able to take experiential learning courses – while providing meaningful service to organizations within Scott County. That could make them more employable and better human beings, as well as improve the quality of life in the communities where they’ve chosen to work and live.

Provost Rosemary Allen said that once the College shared its Quality Enhance-ment Plan (QEP) in early April with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) reaffirmation commit-tee, our QEP committee could move full speed ahead. The College intends to hire a QEP Director over the summer to be the guiding force behind the project.

“We see our QEP benefitting everyone involved,” said Chemistry professor and department chair Todd Hamilton, co-leader of the Spirit, Mind, Action Com-mittee. “From a student’s heightened attitude toward civic engagement and sense of satisfaction at doing good for others; to the teacher’s seeing their stu-

dents getting more out of not only service learning classes, but hopefully a new ap-preciation for how knowledge gained from all classes will be part of who they become; to community organizations truly appreciating the impact our young people at the College can make.”

Dr. Hamilton – who with staffers An-thony Rupard and Ticha Chikuni held an informational luncheon for local non-profits and organizations last summer – said, “When we explained that this plan is about ‘relationships’ and that they would be providing opportunities for our students to perform valuable tasks that would help their organization, they saw that we’re talking about a ‘two-way

street’.”With organizations like Amen House,

Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center, George-town Housing Authority, Scott County Hospitality House and Quest Farm on board, this QEP is bound to have a suc-cessful first year. By Year 5, the idea is that half the GC student body will have had a service learning course. Also, the committee anticipates as one benefit of the program that retention could reach an all-time high as more students feel a sense of purpose.

All of this will help with the College’s request for reaffirmation of accreditation with the Southern Association of Col-leges and Schools (SACS), Dr. Hamilton said.

More importantly, perhaps, the George-town College student – when facing that prospective employer – will have a great answer to a question that has greater rel-evance than ever before: “How are you going to impact this community when you are employed?” •

Students, community will be better-servedBY JIM DURHAM

that GC does. They have one or two, but not the other. This idea was introduced to the campus by Dr. David Forman in the late 1980’s and it has been picked and sited by others, like Peterson’s Guide to Competitive Colleges. The synergy of these factors is where value comes from.

As I worked with prospective students and parents, I focused on value every day. In their minds, they are comparing value among institutions, and a large part of that is cost. I stressed to them that to truly consider value, you have to think long-term, beyond the wallet and the first semester or year. For many, this is a very hard thing to do. I believe that for the majority of students, choosing a college is not a rational process. Nationwide, the phrase “well, when I got on campus, I just fell in love with it” happens all too often. Once you get students past that “romantic” look at colleges, their rational nature often focuses on price (believe me, parents beat them to it every time). And as they look at cost and consider George-town, the majority of students will be looking at Public/State institutions whose sticker prices are very much lower than that of Georgetown. How do you

demonstrate value in that environment? Trust me, schools of 15,000 and larger sell themselves as “small.”

To do that, one must move beyond features and benefits like the ones men-tioned above and focus on outcomes. While there are many outcomes to con-sider, the most important one for me most specifically measures the success of our students: graduation. This is one outcome/value that we all at GC should celebrate more often.

It’s a fact….Georgetown is in the top 5 schools in the state as far as gradua-tion rates, with over 60% of an incoming freshman class graduating. Compare that to only 35-40% (or lower) graduation at many state/public institutions.

Now, look even further. Of those who have graduated from GC in the past decade, a full 91% have done so in four years. Take GC’s main public competi-tion and you find that only 42% of all the students who graduate from there do so in 4 years. Remember, for public schools, this is 42% of the 40% who graduate or less than 20% of their entering class grad-uate in four years.

Will there be more initial out-of-pocket expense at Georgetown (which is less-ened through scholarships and grants)?

Probably so. But Georgetown students are in graduate school or in a job while others who thought they were saving money are either still in school (20%) or NOT (60%) as they did not continue there or transfer elsewhere. The value of a GC education is enhanced even more as those graduates go out into the world and become successful.

Value really is subjective. While I can appreciate and even better measure the financial aspect of a Georgetown College education, the value of my Georgetown education in all other aspects is immea-surable - not only because there is no good metric for it, but more importantly, because it is so vast in my life. •

The author, after 26 years as an administrator at the College, stepped down as VP of Enroll-ment last September for a great opportunity as Senior Report and Research Analyst, Enroll-ment Management with RuffaloCODY, a na-tional consulting firm located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Now, Garvel gets to work from home – in Georgetown – which works out nicely with continued community involvement in-cluding his current position 2012 President of the Georgetown/Scott County Chamber of Commerce. The perfect combination for the former American Studies major.

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GC President Bill Crouch, left, and Provost Rose-mary Allen, right, with the senior recipients of her three Dean’s Honor awards at Academic Honors Day, from left: Joshua Slone of Georgetown, a Political Science and Science double major and Philosophy minor; Katie Rapier of Bardstown, a Psychology and Philosophy double major with an area minor in Neuroscience; and Jeanne Shearer of Glasgow, a Biology major/English minor with an area minor in French and Span-ish. In the coming year, Slone has a scholarship to Georgetown University School of Law, Rapier will be in an interdisciplinary PhD program at Washington University (St. Louis) in Philosophy-Psychology-Neuroscience; and Shearer is apply-ing to graduate school in Marine Biology.

Students, faculty and staff are willing and able volunteers when it comes to providing assis-tance for those in need. Following the devastat-ing March tornadoes which struck Kentucky on March 2, separate 10-person groups spent two days helping with clean-up in West Liberty. GC’s baseball team spent a third day there in Morgan County. Above, Austin Fraley, a freshman from Paris, KY, surveys some of the destruction. Other students helped families of their college friends whose property in Pendleton County, near Fal-mouth, was severely damaged.

This November, GC’s trustees made a very popular decision when they approved a student petition to bestow an honor-ary doctorate on “Mrs. Joe,” a Montgom-ery Caf-worker favorite. According to The Georgetonian, President Crouch told a packed Hill Chapel that Dr. Joe Anna Boykin is a “Georgetown College treasure and the queen of omelets at this school.”

Momentous Campus Events

70 participants, including students, faculty and staff, attended one of our four Alternative Spring Break trips. ABOVE LEFT: Jonathan Balmer, a junior from Mason, OH, and Tori Karenbauer, a freshman from Nicholasville, gave piggy-back rides to kids at Mission Arlington in Texas. RIGHT: Student Life’s Ticha Chikuni, left, and Wesley Folsom, a freshman from Wailuku, Hawaii, did the same. ABOVE RIGHT: GC students tilled Anathoth Community Garden, Cedar Grove, NC. Groups also did missions to Christian Community Develop-ment Association in Jackson, MS and Urban Promise in Camden, NJ.

Founder’s Day: In January, four “giants” for generations of GC students were inducted into our Hall of Fame. LEFT: Grundy and Jean Janes, Class of ’57 and ’55 respectively, have dedicated their lives to Christian missions and helped form GC’s partnership with The Colegio Bautista. RIGHT: Dr. Paul Parks has devoted his life to Christian service as a physician, Baptist layman, and College trustee. He stands with his daughters Phoebe Parks Jones ’81, left, and Paula Parks Wallace ’79, at the luncheon. Dr. Parks established the Paul & Phyllis Parks Baptist Scholarship Program to recognize, recruit, and educate highly qualified Baptist students. The fourth inductee was the late Lee E. Cralle, Jr., a Louisville businessman and generous philanthropist whose gift to the College built the student center in his name.

FRONT ROW, left to right: Avis Anderson, Alexis Anderson, Brittney Hutchison, Kenneth Spears, Kaylah Bozman, Dwight Davis. BACK ROW: Paul Edwards and Bishop Kenneth Spears.

Paul Atkinson/Rockledge Photography

From left: Rev. Alan Redditt, of the host Georgetown Baptist Church; Dr. Frank Houston, First Baptist Church of George-town; Bill Crouch, President of Georgetown College; Dr. Ralph West, Pastor/Founder, �e Church Without Walls, Houston, TX; Bishop Kenneth Spears, Pastor/First Saint John Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX; Dr. John Travis, pastor of Maddoxtown Baptist Church. Paul Atkinson/Rockledge Photography

From left: Georgetown BHouston, town; Bill Crouch, President of College; �e Church Without Walls, Houston, Bishop John John Church.

GC senior Chayna Hardy-Taylor

provided praise and worship through

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Tracey Tevis, a senior from Richmond, KY and GC President’s Ambassador, gave the Granville visitors a tour of Rucker Village.

The Office of Diversity at Georgetown College has been a beehive of activity and outreach this school year. Witness just a few highlights: the four-day Bishop Revival in April, which brought such noted speakers to Georgetown as Dr. Joel Gregory and Dr. Ralph West; host for the annual conference of Granville Academy, the national non-profit that prepares young students for the global marketplace; GC’s first “Going To College Day” for 5th graders at Lexington’s Booker T. Washington Academy; our Step Team’s partnership with The Jumpin’ Jaguars Program at Lexington’s Williams Wells Brown Elementary School (sponsored in part by the University of Kentucky School of Medicine); our Bishop Scholars’ very successful, new mentoring/tutoring program at Ed Davis Learning Center in Georgetown and the aforementioned Booker T. Washington Academy; and the record 29 events our Gospel Choir Joyful Noise performed on campus and in the community.

Diversity Outreach:

Andre Carty, Jr., future GC freshman, holds the 2012 SCIP (Selective Corporate Intern-ship Program) Leadership Award that was presented to President Crouch, left, in New York City. Also from left: Miguel and Monica Mancebo, co-founders of �e Selective Cor-porate Internship Program; Robbi Barber of GC’s O�ce of Diversity; former Federal Re-serve Chairman Paul Volcker, a GC trustee fellow; Doug Freeman, Virtcom Consulting and a former GC Trustee.

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LEFt: At William Wells elementary school, dair-ian Heard, freshman and dawn dailey, sophomore, with JJ students. rIGHt: graduating Bishop schol-ars, left to right: Brittney Hutchison of grand Prairie, tX, maKinsley Jemison of oklahoma City, oK, and Alexis Anderson of Arling-ton, tX.

Coordinating the granville Academy national conference (first time gC has hosted it!) were two gC seniors who spent nearly two years planning their visit - Cassandra simmons, of maple Heights, oH, and Chayna Hardy-taylor of trenton, nJ, 3rd and 4th from the left. Both are President’s Ambassadors and granville products themselves. dr. West preaching at the Bishop revival at georgetown Baptist Church.

Making a Difference

gC College day at Booker t. Washington Academy.

ABoVE: Phil smith, Admissions Counselor, assists a Bt 5th grader.

rIGHt: gretchen Lohman, second from

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majors/minors.

gC step team with The Jumpin Jaguars at William Wells Brown elementary school in partnership with uK school of medicine. With JJ students are: ABoVE: danielle Buford, junior. LEFt: Joseph Lane, freshman.

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51 MSC All-Conference honorees, 38 MSC All-Conference Honorable

Mention honorees, 110 MSC All-Academic, 40 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes

GC had a very successful year across the board – Football to the Semifinals, Men’s Basketball Elite Eight, Women’s Basketball Fab Four, Baseball won MSC Tournament for the first time, Women’s Soccer advanced to conference tournament finals, and Tennis, under direction of alumni Jessica and Michael Cunningham made a resurgence on the MSC and national map.

Baseball ranked, jumps from receiving no-votes straight

into the Top 25 at No. 17, falls to No. 21 a week later, then

shoots back up to No. 14. The team wins 40 games and

finishes 45-11.

Freshman Devanny King (#42) has solid season in the post for Georgetown, a position that was ravaged by injures.

Brian Evans (left) takes over as Director of Athletics, while Chris Briggs (right) takes the helm as Men’s Basketball head coach.

Football has undefeated regular season, wins second straight conference divisional title, advances to the semifinals for the first time since 2004.

Men’s basketball advances to the Elite Eight with-

out All-American center, who was

sidelined for most of the postseason

with a knee injury.

Freshman Jacqueline Otis, third generation GC student (her grandfather played basketball at Georgetown and her father

played tennis for Bill Cronin in the ‘80s when GC won the KIAC), bursts on the scene as one of the bright spots for Coach Cunningham, was on pace early in the fall and spring to break

her coaches’ GC record of wins in a season.

Work begins on new football field with artificial turf.

Senior center Kyle Pettit (#61) is the first Tiger ever to win the David Remington Award, which is given to only one person per college division (such as NAIA).

Micah Baumfeld’s era begins as

baseball coach.

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Andrea Howard (#10) stepped in for injured All-American Kourtney Tyra to help guide the

women’s basketball team. After seeing few minutes as a freshman, the sophomore led the

team in scoring.

Alumna Jessica Cunningham’s era begins as tennis coach.

GC men’s track and field three-peats in winning the hammer competition at the MSC meet. Only a Tiger has won this since it has been added as an MSC field event: Nick Farler won it in 2010, Keith Arutoff won it 2011 and 2012.

For the first time ever, GC Baseball won the Mid-South Conference Tournament. The team went to the national regional tournament.

Bill Cronin AFCA Co-Region Coach of the Year

Freshman Neal Pawsat (#19) steps in for injured All-American

quarterback to lead the Tigers.

Craig Mullins AFCA Assistant Regional Coach of the Year

Andrea McCloskey’s era begins at Georgetown as women’s basketball coach.

Women’s basketball moves into Top 25 ranking for first time in years, defeats several

Top 10 teams throughout the season, finishes third in the conference and

advances to the school’s first-ever Fab Four at the

national tournament.

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As the plane touched down at Kiliman-jaro Airport, kilometers away from the famous mountain for which the airport was named, it felt as though my life had come full-circle. After only a short month to plan for this adventure, I had landed safely in northern Tanzania, where I would spend four thrilling months work-ing at the United Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) within the Office of the Prosecutor. Was I scared? Yes. Was I excited? Most definite-ly. Did I even begin to realize the incred-ible impact such an experience would have on me? Not even close.

My interest in human rights began de-veloping during my undergraduate ca-reer at Georgetown College. I could not even begin to imagine where my inter-ests and passions would take me when I stepped onto campus as a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, 17-year-old freshman in 2005. After finishing up my first year of college, I hopped a plane for a month-long volunteering trip outside of Johan-nesburg in South Africa. It was there, sur-rounded by the smoke of a fire under the bright African sky, I had a conversation that would forever change the course of my life.

As I was enjoying the fire’s warmth, Pastor Fouch, a local minister our group had been working with during the course of our trip, came and sat next to me. He began to tell me about some of the “chil-dren” (e.g. refugees) in his “flock.” He told me about a woman who had walked hundreds of miles to escape the conflict in their home country after the murder of her husband and children. He told me about the little girl who was raped while playing within the refugee settlement by a “white-man” from the city who would

never be punished because the girl was essentially a second-class citizen. The stories were countless. I left Africa know-ing I would return someday when, hope-fully, I could make a difference.

So, it wasn’t a surprise when almost six years later, as a third-year law stu-dent, I found myself in central Africa. Six months earlier, I had attended a study abroad program in Tanzania studying modern day slavery and human traffick-ing. The program incorporated a visit to the ICTR. I had met with judges, attor-neys, and fellow interns, and immediate-ly knew it was something I wanted to do in the future. I returned home in January, applied for the internship in February,

and heard at the end of July that I was to arrive at the ICTR by September 1, 2011. I had no idea exactly what I would be do-ing, but that didn’t matter. Finally, I was doing something I felt destined to do.

In Tanzania, I worked with a team of attorneys as well as my supervisor, the Chief of Prosecution at the ICTR, on the case of Bernard Munyagishari, a Hutu (the prominent ethnic tribe in Rwanda who carried out the genocide) militia-man from western Rwanda. Our team prepared the indictment to charge the Accused with genocide and other crimes against humanity. I had to read numer-ous witness statements about horrific events that happened in Rwanda in 1994. I also traveled there for ten days with at-torneys, investigators, and translators to interview witnesses firsthand. Bernard Munyagishari is charged with creating a group of Hutu women who would find, mutilate, victimize and ultimately kill Tutsi women. You can imagine the types of statements I was reading and hearing on a daily basis. There were nights when I went home and cried. I could never imagine seeing and experiencing the hor-rors these witnesses had lived through.

When I left, there was still much to do on the indictment, but I felt as though I made a meaningful impact. While I’m not sure if I’ll move back to Africa in the near future, I do want to continue to use my legal education and experiences to help those who have been victimized. I’m not sure if that will be in another country or if that means working within a Legal Aid/public interest office assisting low-in-come Kentuckians. I love helping others, and I am confident that my undergradu-ate and graduate education will assist me in accomplishing that goal. •

My Advisor, My Mentor

The professor who had the greatest impact on me was Dr. Sheila Klopfer. I basically took every Religion class she taught. Since graduating, I have kept in touch over e-mail and met her for lunch on occasion. She is always giv-ing me advice, writing letters of recom-mendation, and encouraging me to pursue my calling. Needless to say, she is incredible. She helped to shape my GC career.

Morgan’s Heart Puts Law Studies on Hold

BY ASHLEY MORGAN ‘09

The author, a Religion major/Political Science minor from London, KY, was a Campus Ministries Team leader and active in Phi Mu – and, she was a pas-sionate student of human rights violations. Now an Ambassador at Northern Kentucky University’s Chase College of Law, Ashley Morgan delayed the start of her third year of law school so she could be a victims advocate in Africa for a semester. She’ll graduate in December, then take the Kentucky Bar in February 2013. After reading her “journey,” is there any doubt Ashley will fulfill her dream of com-bining her faith with practicing law?

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The first Kentucky Conference on Human Trafficking, March 23-24, brought national and regional speakers to campus, including Rep. Sannie Overly, left, D-Paris, sponsor of House Bill 350 (Rescue and Restore Kentucky’s Children Act). Speaking is Louisville attor-ney Gretchen Hunt, Training Coordinator at the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs. A generous grant from the Jenzabar Founda-tion made the event possible and extended the “life” of the Modern Day Slavery project launched by Psychology pro-fessor Regan Lookadoo.

In what’s become an incredible annual day for exposing Central Kentucky’s best-and-brightest to GC, the “Youth Sa-lute” Awards Ceremony on May 6 brought 319 outstanding high school leaders from 55 high schools to campus. Here, Carole Harder, nationally known motivational speaker and leadership trainer for Olympic Athletes and Fortune 500 Companies, addressed the students – including, from left: Shaleigha Richard, Tenise Washington, Jette Swisher, and Rebecca Edwins, all from Bryan Station High. There, Izzy Brubeck of Paul Laurence Dunbar, left, and Suzanne Lilly of Anderson County look to PLD’s Joia Pollard for an answer during small group discussions at the leadership seminar. Photos courtesy of Jim Holifield, Central Kentucky Council on Youth Leadership Chairman.

When Joe Sparks met the softball KD’s this spring, he told the girls how proud his late wife was of their sorority. He and KD sisters es-tablished The Marilyn Dudley Sparks Memorial Endowed Scholar-ship in December, and Joe presented the KD house with a stained glass window Marilyn had made and displayed in their home. Marilyn Sparks ’69 went from Psychology professor to Senior Vice President of Lindsey Wilson College. Softball players, from left: Chelsea Riney, a sophomore from Owensboro; Madelyn Brown, a junior from Frankfort; Mallory Johnson, a junior from George-town; and Jordan Clemons, a senior from Leitchfield.

Very Important Visitors on Campus

University of Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips, right, was a fantastic kick-off for the second “Conversations with Champions” series by GC Executive Scholar-in-Residence Billy Reed, left. The Col-lege’s Academy for Character in Sport had three more prominent visitors this spring: Tori Murden-McClure, the first woman to sail the Atlantic (now president of Spalding University); University of Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich; and former NAIA All-Ameri-can Kenny Davis ’71, captain of the 1972 USA Olympic Basketball Team (see page 6).

Luanne and John Milward, left, pose at the opening recep-tion of “A Passionate Pursuit: The Milward Collection” with President Crouch and Juilee Decker, Chair of the Art Depart-ment. The 75 pieces the Lexington businessman let us ex-hibit in the Anne Wright Wilson Gallery included colorful paintings, pastels, and other works made primarily by Eng-lish artists in the 20th-century, as well as exquisitely detailed late 19th- and early 20th-century French bronzes.

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1969Victoria Diane Kronk Nelson (Vicki) is enjoying life after the corporate world where she created the first digital marketing initiatives for AAA National. “Thought I’d never retire. Then the love of gardening, developing artistic skills, devoting more time to promoting our other home of St. Croix (U.S.V.I.) and our favorite little town of Sanford (FL), just had to do it. OK, naps by the pool were another motivator.” Her husband, Steve, serves on several boards devoted to arts and theatre and “my volunteer assignments seem to be growing.”

1981Billy Hamblin is a proud grandfather to Isaiah Christian Hamblin, born April 12, 2012, in Houston, TX. Isaiah is Billy’s first grandchild and “a bundle of joy and truly a blessing,” writes granddad.

1983Donald Nelson Finley is now a Colonel and the Director of Staff in the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB in Florida where he has lived for six years. He has had two overseas deployments, one to Qatar and one to Iraq. Currently he works with members of the US Navy and USMC in training maintainers and initial cadre pilots for F-35 aircraft, the next generation of fighter jets used in national defense.

1985Aaron Lee Striegel, Ph.D., was inducted into the Floyd Central High School (Floyd Knobs, IN; class of 1979) Hall of Fame on April 15, 2012. He was honored for his accomplishments in education and his service to mankind.

1995Stephen Mark Wolfe is now Chief Chemist for the city of Anderson, Indiana. The Wolfe family (wife Athena, daughter Sydney and son Jack) lives in Anderson.

1996Amy (Miller) and Matt Hueneman proudly announce the birth of Samuel Starks Hueneman, their first child, born September 7, 2011, in Cincinnati, OH. “We will be the older parents on the soccer sidelines one day,” she writes. “Just look for us.”

1997Jennifer Waite Connell is now Vice President, Development Asset Management, at Marriott International. She oversees hotel and mixed-use real estate projects in the Americas throughout the development life cycle, from deal signing through hotel opening. Jennifer lives in Reston, VA, with her husband, David, and son, Joshua.

1998Kevin and Mona Fralix Smith, along with son Alex, celebrated the arrival of second son, Zachary, on February 11, 2011. The Smith family resides in Danville, KY, where Kevin is a veterinarian and Mona is a full-time mom.

Brad Elliott Stone has been selected by the Princeton Review as one of the Top 300 Professors in America. He is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the University Honors Program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.

1999Brandy Marie Ritter Osborne is now Commercial Lending Officer for Central Bank & Trust Company in Nicholasville, KY. She writes, “I’m excited to move into the next phase of my banking career and (to be) helping business customers with all of their banking needs.”

2003Ashlyn Millay Stover is currently a customer service cashier for Academy Sports and Outdoors near her home in

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Alpharetta, GA, while continuing to search for employment as a teacher. She leads a group of elementary students on Sundays at North Point Community Church and was the Arts/crafts teacher for Camp All American, a Christian camp with Perimeter Church.

2004Jessica Forge and Joshua Hearne will be commissioned as Field Personnel by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in June, 2012. The couple will be ministering to downtown Danville, VA, through Grace and Main Fellowship, an intentional Christian

community serving the homeless, near-homeless, poor, and addicted.

Chandra Nichole (Nikki) (Booker) and Derek Boarman welcomed their second child, Avery Nicole Boarman, on August 12, 2011. Avery joins big brother Cohen.

2007Andrea (Lewis) and Seth Womack ‘06 announce the birth of Dylan Brent Womack on February 9, 2012. They reside in Frankfort, KY.

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I n a M e m o r i a m

1936Maurice J. Lewis12/27/11 • Wilmore, KY

1939Vada D. Phillips née Dixon 5/6/12 • Palm City, FL

Sue E. Stancil née Ray1/14/12 • Memphis, TN

1941William K. Henry4/7/12 • Georgetown, KY

1942Minnie L. Nichols née Dean11/21/11 • Anchorage, KY

John A. Stout3/11/12 • Lexington, KY

1943Mary C. Kernodle née Jones11/21/11 • Elon College, NC

1944Virginia D. Jones née Denney12/31/11 • Hopkinsville, KY

1948Carlos L. Colyer11/14/11 • Paducah, KY

James W. Stone4/1/12

1949James I. Bonar2/5/12 • Walton, KY

1950Thomas Nichols1/11/12 • Lexington, KY

Robert L. Sinclair11/13/11 • Nashville, TN

1951Jess G. Cosby5/3/12 • Georgetown, KY

Delmar G. Morris1/16/12 • Seymour, IN

1952Nathaniel T. Armstrong5/11/12 • Louisville, KY

1953Helen B. Smith née Brown11/12/11 • Columbia, MO

Nancy T. Sparks née Tynes3/29/12 • Edgewater, FL

Joseph W. Vetter2/13/12 • Radcliff, KY

1954James F. Hansford12/8/11 • Louisville, KY

1955Bill D. Parsons4/12/12 • Nacogdoches, TX

1956Donald W. Gillis1/19/12 • Fairfield, OH

1957Robert W. Fields11/18/11 • Milford, OH

Ray M. Gill12/7/11 • Frankfort, KY

James R. Jenkins2/21/12 • Fort Thomas, KY

1958Marshall S. Fletcher12/10/11 • Clarksville, TN

1959Barbara L. Scearce née Addis12/1/11 • Louisville, KY

Nanci L. Wendell née Rhoads3/5/12 • Tucson, AZ

1960Mary E. Lowe née Whitaker3/8/12 • Lexington, KY

1961William A. Arnold2/14/12 • Louisville, KY

John B. Cobb3/31/12 • Pewee Valley, KY

James H. Rittenberry3/3/12 • Pittsburgh, PA

1962Marcella R. Hill2/6/12 • Cynthiana, KY

Charles O. McGuire11/24/11 • Hopkinsville, KY

Mary E. Sorrell née Switzer12/21/11 • Frankfort, KY

1963Harley S. Brandon11/15/11 • Louisville, KY

1964Gwendolyn W. Adcock née Watts4/30/12 • Louisville, KY

Bernice K. Wilhoite née Klassen 4/23/12 • Georgetown, KY

1965Bonnie S. Arvin née Puckett2/22/12 • La Grange, KY

1966Billy J. Turner1/18/12 • Georgetown, KY

1971Barbara J. Ullman née Mathauer1/24/12 • Morgantown, PA

1974Mary A. Whitehead3/13/12 • Lawrenceburg, KY

1982Patsy A. Swift née Bruin12/16/11 • Georgetown, KY

1983Charles B. Wells2/22/12 • Georgetown, KY

1990Paul R. Rowe1/11/12 • Nicholasville, KY

2000Christopher T. Vaughan12/3/11 • Louisville, KY

Friends of GCStuart W. Bratcher1/23/12 • Georgetown, KY

Ann H. Daugherty11/12/11 • Midway, KY

Thomas D. Duncan12/13/11 • Lexington, KY

J. B. Hockensmith1/13/12 • Georgetown, KY

John L. Oldham4/24/12 • Lexington, KY

James G. Sheehan2/17/12 • Danville, KY

Shawn E. Sowers12/29/11 • Georgetown, KY

Bill Wells12/24/11 • Georgetown, KY

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